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Georgias Supreme Court says that a state pledge to not execute some inmates until certain conditions are met following the COVID-19 pandemic is a binding contract that the state cant ignore.

Virgil Presnell was slated to be executed earlier this year, but a Fulton County court delayed that and a new Georgia Supreme Court decision will delay it further.

Virgil Presnell was slated to be executed earlier this year, but a Fulton County court delayed that and a new Georgia Supreme Court decision will delay it further.

Georgia should be allowed to execute the longest-serving inmate on the state’s death row despite an agreement that capital cases would not move forward during the pandemic, a lawyer for the state argued Tuesday.

ATLANTA – Georgia should be allowed to execute the longest-serving inmate on the state’s death row despite an agreement that capital cases would not move forward during the pandemic, a

The R&B singer will face another Chicago jury on Aug. 15, 2022. Here’s who he is and who else will be in the courtroom throughout the trial.

The Georgia Supreme Court denied an appeal for a death row inmate after his lawyer argued he has cognitive impairments that contributed to his crimes.

The state of Georgia is appealing a judge’s ruling that stayed the execution of a man who killed an 8-year-old girl and raped her 10-year-old friend 46 years ago

State officials say plans to execute a Georgia man who killed an 8-year-old girl and raped her 10-year-old friend 46 years ago will not be carried out as scheduled Tuesday night

JACKSON, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia man who killed an 8-year-old girl and raped her...